Forever Free Birds...

RAINBOOTS AND BELLINGHAM BAY

noreply@blogger.com (Anna) — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 20:58:00 +0000

"and in that moment I swear we were infinite."

- the perks of being a wallflower

1. new rainboots. the white polka dots = raindrops LOVE EM.
2. what a sunset; it's the view from my cafeteria, and I can't believe it.

xoxo

GREEN WITH ENVY PT. 3 LAST BUT NOT LEAST

noreply@blogger.com (Anna) — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:47:00 +0000

last post series /// longest day ever -- sometimes you think you'd connect with someone, then you actually find out you two arent as synchronized as you thought,, crazy huh?
good thing there are plenty of people in the world. oh and family. can't forget big brothers.
they fix the sound system in your dorm room and make you feel like the luckiest sister in the world.

xoxo
anna

GREEN W/ ENVY PT. 2

noreply@blogger.com (Anna) — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 01:02:00 +0000

crazy handbags from reusable material say whaat

xoxo. anna

GREEN WITH ENVY PT. 1

noreply@blogger.com (Anna) — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 22:22:00 +0000

found some old photos of friends modeling "satchels", etc.

handbags via green with envy & more photos coming soon when I organize my laptop files

... haha so exciting right? meanwhile I should really get back to work eh

xo,

anna

MISSING MORE THAN JUST THE OREGON COAST

noreply@blogger.com (Anna) — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 09:45:00 +0000

"I was happy in those first days as really I'd never been before,

roaming like a sleepwalker, stunned and drunk with beauty."

- donna tartt

missing the little bro
khai age 9 // beach camping summer 2012

BABY MAMA JOURNEY

noreply@blogger.com (Anna) — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 22:22:00 +0000

"for those who believe, no explanation is necessary. for those who don't believe, no explanation will suffice."

-franz werfel (czech born poet, playwright, novelist)

genesis noun je-ne-ses

def: 1. the origin or coming into being

2. onset or start

ex: he was present at the meeting which was later considered the genesis of the new political movement.

love how matt and nirrimi photographed their journey. photos from his flickr.

xo.

IDAHO SURPRISE

noreply@blogger.com (Anna) — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:12:00 +0000

"In the long run we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving." - sheldon kopp

the weekend before moving to school -- roadtrip to idaho
went with bestfriends to surprise a bestfriend 6 hrs. away
as much as I like to travel, home is where my family + greatest friends thrive.
but somehow I don't quite feel the same with my new home in college here yet

xoxo

FEELING LIKE A #1 SISTER

noreply@blogger.com (Anna) — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 01:57:00 +0000

"the most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love, and to be greater than our suffering" - dan okrey ?

lithe adj lahyth

definition: 1. bending readily

2. flexible

ex: the ballerina's lithe body captured the rhythm of the musical notes.

an outfit long ago.. when I started feeling like a #1 sister, not just with my real siblings but with best

friends, like the friend who bakes me cupcakes to the one that lets me borrow this free people dress

xoxo

PARIS + MADRID = BEST MAIL SURPRISES EVER

noreply@blogger.com (Anna) — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 09:11:00 +0000

"the eternity behind him throbbed through him in a mighty
rhythm to which he swayed as the tides and seasons swayed."

- jack london from call of the wild

postcards from besties living the summer life in france and spain.
love surprises in the mail like no other. and I do mean that. I LOVE SURPRISES IN THE MAIL.

xxxx
anna

HOW BERRY DELICIOUS

noreply@blogger.com (Anna) — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 06:37:00 +0000

"there is a great difference between worry and concern. a worried person

sees a problem, and a concerned person solves a problem"

- harold stephens (author / travel books)

today I realized I will always truly be a "concerned person" and it feels great

(on the left: mom / on the right: me)

u-pick with my mom and I + brother. summer's ending, and we all knew we should have

saved more blueberries in the freezer. why're frozen blueberries so delicious? xo, anna

THE BALLERINA PROJECT

noreply@blogger.com (Anna) — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 17:40:00 +0000

entreaty noun en-tree-tee

def: 1. appeal

2. earnest request

3. plea

ex: The principal ignored our entreaty and canceled the dance anyway.

just some pretty dancers I envy..

they need to sell calenders of these already!

xo.

source / source

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALEX TABOR

noreply@blogger.com (Anna) — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 00:58:00 +0000

"one can think effectively only when one is willing to
endure suspense and to undergo the trouble of searching"

- john dewey (american philosopher / educational reformer)

at elmer's for brunch with a good friend of mine I dearly miss...

look how old I am and losing/gaining friends is still such a strange process to me. america, your education system sucks

anna

GROWING ATTCHED TO THE OCEAN

noreply@blogger.com (Anna) — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 07:13:00 +0000

"if human beings possessed endless possibilities, then cities contained exponential hopes."
- "the search engine" from 10 little indians

(beach camping with brother)

back to my solemn self and ready for some good change.
also back from moscow, id and know more than ever: appreciate the city life
+ I swear my heart is growing attached to the ocean

salt & water. sweat. tears. & ocean. all of it

xo anna

MARK MY WORDS: I'LL BE BACK

noreply@blogger.com (Anna) — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:07:00 +0000

lifes throwing me lemons cranberries apples etc. and im about to make mother effing lemonappleberry juice fellas. I'll bring you back a drink.

DREAMS SO VIVID AS THESE

noreply@blogger.com (Anna) — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:44:00 +0000

"I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. this makes it hard to plan my day."

-e.b. white (writer)

soothe adj soo-th

def:

1. to tranquilize, calm, relieve, comfort or refresh

2. to mitigate, assuage, or allay, as pain, sorrow or doubt.

ex: in recounting our woes, we often soothe them.

-pierre corneille

this is what you shall do

-walt whitman

this is what you shall do; love the earth and

sun and animals, despise riches, give alms to every

one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy,

devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants,

argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence

toward the people,

take off your hat to nothing known or unknown or

to any man or number of men, go freely with powerful

uneducated persons and with the young and with

the mothers of families,

read these leaves in the open air of every season of every

year of your life, re-examine all you have been told

at school or church or any book, dismiss whatever

insults your soul,

and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the

riches fluency not only in its words but in the silent

lines of its lips and face and between the lashes of

your eyes and in every motion and joint of your body."

like this song? well - it's free to download from sucka free cj.

click photo for source.

so I've been staying with my brother in college since saturday... bumming his couch
and it's kinda been great ? actually it's been pretty awesome.
xxx

PLAYLIST ::: DREAM AWAY

noreply@blogger.com (Anna) — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 08:42:00 +0000

I love looking for new music, but I don't discover favorites a lot.

so I present you: with a selection of my old favorites..

so click play! enjoy

dream away from foreverfreebirds.

( like the background? buy this painting from michelle. )

^^ inspo notebook via phone camera ^^

p l a y l i s t ...

fade into you - mazzy star

no one's gonna love you - band of horses

dream world - majical cloudz

hanna's theme (vocal version) - the chemical brothers

let it be me - ray lamontagne

tonight - lykke li

throwing hail marys - gypsy death star

california sunrise - dirty gold

skinny love - bon iver

check out the rad music here 2x a month.. yeah?

ps. does anyone know how to have an 8track playlist play automatically? Im a newbie.

xoxo,
anna

JUST START

noreply@blogger.com (Anna) — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 03:12:00 +0000

"Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain."

-mahatma gandhi

(leader of the passive resistance movement against English colonialism in India)

idiosyncratic adj id-ee-oh-sin-krat-ik

definition:
1. peculiar to one person

2. highly individualized

ex: some of our best minds are idiosyncratic and unpredictable when pursuing scientific investigations.

check it out

ooh l o v e that pale ivory green dress above. and the dance poses.

In general I just really really like this issue.

thx miss jaclyn!

sometimes I love/hate being young. so much possibility. I want to create more things, take more photos, meet more people, and go to oh so many more places, though I do try at school, it tends to feel more like it gets in the way.

meanwhile, I hope to share all these things here
so bear with me?

xxx

sources:

issuu / claire huish: for a dancer / audrey grace shop blog / song / get dirty words

NO MATTER WHO

noreply@blogger.com (Anna) — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 05:55:00 +0000

"Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it."

-malcolm x (minister/human rights activist)

harangue noun he-rang

def: 1. a ranting speech or writing

2. a speech addressed to a public assembly

ex: he launched into a long harangue about poor customer service without realizing that I wasn't even an employee.

alison scarpulla takes pretty amazing photos yeah?
song: dream world, by majical cloudz

xo,
anna

GERMANE

noreply@blogger.com (Anna) — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 02:15:00 +0000

"believe in yourself ! have faith in your abilities ! without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy."

-norman vincent peale (clergyman/author)

germane adj ger-may-ne

def: 1. relevant & appropriate

2. fitting

ex: my personal opinion isn't germane to our discussion.

source, source, source

song: hanna's theme by chemical brothers

just a bit of pretty to make the eyes happy

xxx.

VERY RUMBLE OF JOY ITSELF

noreply@blogger.com (Anna) — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 02:51:00 +0000

"accept the challenges, so you feel the exhilaration of victory."

-general george patton

(u.s. army officer best known for his leadership in WW2 and for his controversial outspokenness)

galvanize verb gal-ve-nigh-ze
def: 1. to react as if stimulated by an electric shock
2. to stimulate on excite as if by an electric shock
ex: Abortion is an issue that will galvanize public opinion.

your laugh

your laugh
everybody knows it
the kids in the park run up to us
and ask to hear it

part cackle
part typewriter

it even makes
you laugh.

you do it
for the runaway shake
for the drumbeat in your belly
for no reason at all.

it is not a consequence of joy
it is the very rumble
of joy itself.

1. 1960's new york skating... I love love love life mag photos2. cant really skate..yet if i were to ever rebuild a board (watch video above)... politely borrowed from driftwood collective
3. photo source: life archives via interweb3000
4. song: can we really party today (acoustic version) by jonathan wilson
xo, anna

TROUBLE WEIGHS A TON

noreply@blogger.com (Anna) — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 08:07:00 +0000

"the reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be."
-marcel pagnol (french writer, producer, and film director)

what's wrong dear brother, have you lost your faith?
don't you remember a better place?
needles and things done you in
like the setting sun
oh dear brother trouble weighs a ton

what's wrong dear sister, did your world fall down?
men misuse you and push you around
same story dear, year after year
faith will run
oh dear sister trouble weighs a ton

trouble in the air. trouble all I see
does anybody care. trouble killin me

whats wrong dear mother has your child disobeyed?
left you hurtin in so many ways
what once was sweet, the sorrow and greet
cannot be undone
oh dear mother trouble weighs a ton

palms, pain
live, organic night is impending. there are voices all around me, that brings unrest. there are lights all over in which i can not hide.

lonesome adj lohn-suhmdef: 1. depressed or sad because of the lack of companionship: to feel lonesome.2. attended with or causing such a state or feeling: a lonesome evening at home.3. lonely or deserted in situation; remote, desolate, or isolated: a lonesome road.

boy with a hand cold as death...
i don't have anything else that is more sensitive, far more precise than these hands that you dress my body when it sleeps. in these hands instead of blood you bear cool breath of death, with which you tame me.

1. click photo for source
2. song: trouble weighs a ton, dan auerbach3. the sun came out today.. so psyched for summerr4. I decided who needs smartphones - flip phones last years!5. going out for a very casual date tomorrow with someone I've liked for a long while now..cheers to the start of a good weekend. see ya monday
xo,anna

LIFE ITSELF IS ONLY A VISION

noreply@blogger.com (Anna) — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 22:01:00 +0000

"life itself is only a vision, a dream

nothing exists except empty space and you,

and you are but a thought"

-unknown.. or alf?

PROJECT REPAINT: bedroom door

wish I had before photos.. :(

PROJECT REPAINT: antique dresser

wish I had before photos :(

::: 3/4/2012 :::

just a small taste of my world.

1. moving in, painting painting painting, catching grasshoppers, shopping & ofcourse cats.
2. check out thee best cat app ever. its times like these I wish I had an iphone
3. Off to pick up my brother/bestfriend at the train station. I made a huge welcome home sign on bright neon poster
4. song: right me up, state radio

will be back by thursday. don't sweat the small stuff! have a good week!
xo,
anna

TELL ME THE WONDERFUL THINGS

noreply@blogger.com (Anna) — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 02:17:00 +0000

check out these men in film... paul newman is a personal favorite :)

don't know him? he's on all the lemonade cartoons haha

"the marvels of daily life are so exciting; no movie director can arrange the unexpected that you find in the street."
- Robert Doisneau

cordate adj KAWR-deyt

def: 1. heart-shaped

2. (of leaves) heart-shaped, with the attachment at the notched end

ex: Despite their strong and interlinked root structure, the actual flowers were of a lowly order, though, canted towards the sun, they attracted the cordate butterflies. -- Brian Wilson Aldiss, Hothouse

Without any wind blowing, the sheer weight of a raindrop, shining in parasitic luxury on a cordate leaf, caused its tip to dip, and what looked like a globule of quicksilver performed a sudden glissando down the center vein, and then, having shed its bright load, the relieved leaf unbent.
-- Vladimir Nabakov, Speak, Memory

Related to core, cordate comes from the Latin word for heart, cor, and the suffix -ate which forms an adjective from a noun.

the wonderful things

She was in her eighties when I met her
long grey hair in a bun
sprigs of lavender tucked behind each ear
she said it was good for her memory
made her remember
the sweet moments.

She made pots of tea for us children
chipped little cups of boiled mint and honey
read the leaves at the bottom of each one
with great seriousness
divining the adventures we would go on
love stories and elephant rides.

She never worked
waited for her husband every evening
he was the night-shift bookkeeper
he rode his bicycle home
in a suit and tie
the children long since fed and tucked in bed
she fed him dinner
and sat across from him
with her knitting
while he ate
and asked about his day
the same way every time

tell me the wonderful things.

Many years later
after they had both died
I learned they were hidden
two young Jews
the delicacy of new love
grew in the cracks of the savagery.

She made him promise her
if the world was returned to kindness
that he would save every tendril
of joy from every stolen day
and bring it home for her.

She seemed so magical to me
I never knew
how close the darkness
danced and how fervently
she worked
to be reminded
of light.

1. thank you online browsing.
2. the french sure do have spirit.
3. robert doisneau is a street photographer I found after much blissfully unaware browsing. his litter of 1940s/1950's street photos are amazing.

xo, anna

CURSES FROZEN IN TIME

noreply@blogger.com (Anna) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:52:00 +0000

"Be careful of the curse
that falls on young lovers.
Starts so soft and sweet,
and turns them to hunters."

-Howl

"It was cold, winter morning. I observed through the window how she got out of the cab. I opened the door and for the first time I saw her gentle eyesight - eyes cold as they were a frozen ocean. Then I allowed her sleepy body to lay down on my bed. Through the lens I followed her sad dreams."

fraught adj frawt
def: 1. filled or charged with
2. full of
3. accompanied
ex: the task was fraught with danger and risk.

1. say hello to laura makabresku's lovely photos. I have to admit I spent way too much time on her flickr.
2. song: concrete wall, by vee avi. she's malaysian (!!) and sings even better live here.

3. like my cat eye glasses? 4. I just want to take time to appreciate: -- this beatle's poster my mom came home with one day-- this rageway tank top from my brother he gave me as a road trip souvenir. I'm always obsessed with wearing comfortable clothing, especially when the clothes your wearing have meaning. who said clothes are just material things?

xo, anna

DARK AURORA

noreply@blogger.com (Anna) — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:00:00 +0000

"life is full of obstacle illusions."
-grant frazier (author, business executive)

gallant adj guh-lant
def: 1. brave, spirited, nobleminded
2. chivalrous
3. stately; grand
ex: sir galahead was a gallantly knight.
ex 2: the Rose Parade is a gallant spectacle.

1. aren't these watercolored, tinted photographs by paulina surys so hauntingly beautiful?
2. song: werewolf, cocorosie. my brother recommended it to me. It's supposedly "freak folk". but seriously, wtf is this music? more importantly, I kind of like it? 3. have you seen step brothers? (ps. excuse the profanity)

eff one, marry one, kill one... go:

(left to right) marry nick lachey, fuck mario lopez, kill ryan seacrest (his voice agh)

4. have a good weekend.
xo,
anna